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Coconut Macaroons
Ingredients
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2 2/3
cups flaked coconut (7 ounces)
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2/3
cup granulated sugar
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1/3
cup all-purpose flour
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1/4
teaspoon salt
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3
egg whites
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1/2
teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
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4
ounces semisweet chocolate (optional)
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1
teaspoon shortening (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a large cookie sheet or line with parchment paper; set aside. In a medium mixing bowl combine coconut, sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in egg whites and vanilla extract.
2. Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
3. If desired, in a small saucepan melt chocolate and shortening over low heat. Dip bottoms of cookies in melted chocolate mixture.
4. Makes about 30 cookies.
From the Test Kitchen
- Tip To drizzle chocolate over macaroons, place melted chocolate mixture in a resealable plastic bag. Snip a small hole in the corner of the bag. Pipe chocolate mixture across each cookie in a crisscross pattern.
Nutrition Facts
(Coconut Macaroons)
- Servings Per Recipe 30,
- Calories 73,
- Protein (gm) 1,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 10,
- Fat, total (gm) 4,
- Saturated fat (gm) 4,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 1,
- Sugar, total (gm) 8,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 4,
- Sodium (mg) 57,
- Potassium (mg) 46,
- Other Carb () 1,
- Fat () 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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These get eaten as fast as I can make them....which is fast!!
12/11/2011 10:02:20 PM Report AbuseThese are absolutely delicious! So easy to make. The only thing I've found is that you should spray the wax paper with PAM because they tend to still stick if you don't. As for the discussion on beating the egg whites, I don't and they still come out wonderfully. I doubt it makes a difference.
12/18/2010 03:34:53 PM Report AbuseI like beating the egg whites. It makes them fluffier and not as dense - even if the recipe here doesn't call for that treatment specifically, you could give it a try on half the batch and just stir in the remainder in the second half of the batch and see which you like better/which are more popular with those partaking ^.^
7/12/2010 02:15:03 PM Report AbuseHi everyone! This recipe is written correctly that the egg whites are just stirred in, not whipped or beaten first. Some macaroon recipes do call for beaten egg whites, but not this one. Hope this helps!
3/16/2010 02:22:18 PM Report Abusecan I substitute granulated sugar for raw sugar...Very Raw
3/8/2010 09:33:36 AM Report Abuse